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Re: Oldest CoCo

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From: Art Flexser
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1993 23:18
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Paul Jerkatis:

I misunderstood, I guess.  When you said "prototype", I thought
you meant a prototype CoCo ONE with hand-wiring, which would be a
real collector's item.  What you describe is, I believe not a
prototype at all, but a "CoCo 2 in a kit" model released in
limited numbers by Tandy for educational purposes, which I had
heard of before.

Allan says, "I wonder how many diehard CoCo people at that time
who were using 1's would have loved to have gotten one of the
"pre-2s".

Why?  Apart from the later models having a lowercase-capable VDG
(not applicable in this case), what could you do with a CoCo 2
that you couldn't do with a CoCo 1?  It's not like the difference
between a CoCo 2 and a CoCo 3!

  Art
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